>>92533297I don't think I am explaining myself correctly. We are in agreement that pandering is bad. i'm just saying that new characters in of themselves is not pandering, or else New Superman, /co/'s favorite comic, would be pandering, Jessica Cruz, /co/'s
second favorite GL, would be pandering. Just that new diverse characters is good for recognition. It's nice for minorities when people in their communities are recognized. Legacy characters over all are not pandering, or else characters like Spider-Man 2099 would be despised.
My larger point is that a lot of the disgust is misplaced. I don't care for new Wasp or anything, it's just kind of unintuitive to just wish the character away instead of just wanting better stories. Like, Unstoppable Wasp is bad because she hammers you over the head with girl power. She tells but doesn't show. Ironheart's supporting cast is female but it's less overt about female empowerment, they're just girls and they're trying to solve problems.
>>92533328And barack obama, in turn, is some black kid's role model. Does that make sense? He can also be some white kid's role model but white people already knew that whites could be successful politicians. That is the main difference. No one older than 12 thinks they can actually be the Incredible hulk, they just want to imagine themselves as important or noteworthy
I don't think these are controversial opinions
